Boston Burglar chords by Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson
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Verse 1
(F major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) I was born and
bred (G major) in (C major) Bo ston, (G major)
a place (C major) you all know well.
Brought (F major) up by hon (G major) est (C major) parents,
and the truth (G major) to you I'll tell.
Brought (C major) up by hon (G major) est (C major) parent (G major) s
and (C major) reared most tenderly
Till (F major) I became (G major) a (C major) sport in play
at the (G major) age of twenty -three (C major)
My character was broken
(G major) and (C major) I was sen (F major) t to (C major) jail
My friends (F major) and par (G major) ents did (C major) their best
to get (G major) me out on bail
The jury (C major) found me guilty
(G major) and the judge, (C major) he wro (F major) te it down (C major)
For the breaking (F major) of (G major) the (C major) Union Bank,
you were sent to (G major) Charlestown (C major)
I can see my dear (G major) old (C major) father (G major) ,
a -standing (C major) at the bar
Also (F major) my dear old (C major) mother,
she's a -tearing (G major) her grey hair
She's a (C major) -tearing all their old grey locks
(G major) And the (C major) tears come trickling down
Son, (F major) oh son, what (C major) have you done
To be sent to (G major) Charlestown?
(C major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) I
set my foot on an eastbound train,
(G major) One (C major) course and a day.
And every (F major) station (G major) I (C major) pass by
I could (G major) hear the people say
There (C major) goes that Boston (G major) burg (C major) lar (G major)
In (C major) iron chains he is bound
For the (F major) breaking of (G major) the (C major) Union Bank
He is (G major) sent to Charlottestown
(C major) There's a girl (G major) in Boston City, (C major)
(G major) boys, a girl (C major) I know quite well.
If (F major) I get my (C major) liberty, it's (G major) with her I will dwell.
If (C major) ever I get my liberty, (G major)
rough (C major) company I will shun.
Likewise (F major) the walk (G major) ing of (C major) the streets,
And the drinking (G major) of the (C major) rum.
(G major) Now (C major) you that have your liber (G major) ty,
Pray (C major) keep it if you can,
And don't (F major) go midnight (G major) ram (C major) bling,
Or you'll (G major) break the laws of man.
And (C major) if you do, you're sure to (G major) rue
And you'll (C major) find yourself like me
A (F major) sentence down (C major) to twenty -one years
Of (G major) penal sab (C major) batee (G major) (C major) (G major)
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A (F major) sentence down (C major) to 21 years
of (G major) penal servitude
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Boston Burglar
Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson
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